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Coverage dated July 7, 2022

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA

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The case was centered around a $2 million payment from FIFA to Platini with Blatter’s approval in 2011, for work done a decade earlier.

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  1. Courthouse News Service

    Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    The case was centered around a $2 million payment from FIFA to Platini with Blatter’s approval in 2011, for work done a decade earlier.

  2. New York Times

    Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini Acquitted of Fraud (opens New York Times)

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    Blatter, the former president of FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, and Platini, his onetime ally, were charged over a $2 million payment that prosecutors had labeled a bribe.

  3. Deutsche Welle

    FIFA trial: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini cleared of corruption | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France footballing legend Michel Platini were acquitted on charges of illegally siphoning FIFA funds.

  4. Al Jazeera

    Swiss court clears Blatter, Platini of fraud in FIFA trial (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Switzerland’s Federal Criminal Court acquits ex-world and European football chiefs over a suspected fraudulent payment.

  5. CNN

    Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted of fraud in Swiss Court (opens CNN)

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    Former FIFA and UEFA Presidents Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted of fraud, forgery and mismanagement in a court in Switzerland on Friday.

  6. France 24

    Sepp Blatter, Michel Platini acquitted in FIFA trial (opens France 24)

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    Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the chiefs of world and European football, were acquitted Friday over a suspected fraudulent payment that shook the sport and torpedoed their time at the top.

  7. The Guardian

    Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini acquitted of fraud by Swiss court (opens The Guardian)

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    Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been acquitted of fraud in a Swiss court over a two million Swiss francs payment in 2011

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